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U.S. Marines attending the Helicopter Rope Suspension Techniques Masters Course perform Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction from a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter at the Central Training Area on Camp Hanson, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 4, 2010.

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U.S. Marines attending the Helicopter Rope Suspension Techniques Masters Course perform Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction from a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter at the Central Training Area on Camp Hanson, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 4, 2010.

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